Making a work your own is what drives us, whether we’re employed by a corporate organization or slaving away at a desk in a living room in the Florida swamps. Read More “When you’re a writer, life can slip into strangeness”
Articles
A grammar giveaway!
Win big with N. M. Gwynne’s grammar tips. Read More “A grammar giveaway!”
What makes you squirm as a writer or editor?
To survive as creative people, we take risks. We stay up late. We teeter between worlds. Nearly every writer in this issue refers to the persistence you must have to be a writer. Read More “What makes you squirm as a writer or editor?”
The most influential people in your writing life
Since this is September, the official back-to-school month, we’ve had classrooms on our minds here at The Writer. Read More “The most influential people in your writing life”
Not long ago, an out-of-town friend and I were sitting in a train station
I like to think of our magazine as being the same kind of “meeting at the depot” experience for our readers – except our topic is craft. Read More “Not long ago, an out-of-town friend and I were sitting in a train station”
People who use language in unusual ways
Break the rules and discover a new truth. Read More “People who use language in unusual ways”
The night I met up with novelist Glen Duncan
The writers in this issue are known for the power stories they write and the powerful ways they pull us toward their ideas. We travel with them to worlds beyond our own imaginations. And sometimes to worlds buried deep in the recesses of our imaginations. Read More “The night I met up with novelist Glen Duncan”
Not long ago, I was sitting in the rush line
As I waited for the lights to come up, it struck me – not for the first time – that stories are utterly ubiquitous in the world. Read More “Not long ago, I was sitting in the rush line”